Anything shaped like an escutcheon. The plate of a gun-lock. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > lock > other parts of lock (6) scutcheon1631 Anything shaped like an escutcheon. The plate of a gun-lock. Obsolete. bridle1771 Firearms. A small metal plate in the interior of a gunlock, holding the sear and tumbler in position. bridle pin1799 a pin which serves to secure the bridle of a gunlock (see sense 8). feather-spring1807 the spring in a gun-lock which causes the sear, which holds the hammer at full or half cock, to catch in the notch of the tumbler. comb1867 Applied to various things resembling a cock's comb in position or appearance (= crest). The projection on the top of the cock of a gun-lock. Also… detant1884 In the mechanism of a gun-lock, an oscillating tongue pivoted over the half-cock notch in the tumbler, to prevent the sear from catching therein… |
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